Dovecot, Drylawhill Farm is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Drylawhill Farm
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-groin-ebony
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NT 585 780
- Coordinates
- 55.9932, -2.66548
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Drylawhill Farm is likely a 16th century beehive dovecot situated on a rocky outcrop. It features random rubble harled walls that are pointed, measuring 4 feet thick at the base and with a circumference of 56 feet near the ground. There are two ashlar string courses. The doorway is located to the south, with 18 flight holes positioned below the eaves above. The dovecot has a slated conical roof that includes a small slated dormer on the south side. Inside, there are 683 nesting places.
Local climate
Dovecot, Drylawhill Farm receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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